Description

Also known as Black-spotted Sea Hare, Black-tailed Sea Hare, Indo-Pacific Sea Hare, Nudibranch, Ringed Sea Hare, Ragged Sea Hare, Rang's Sea Hare, White-speckled Sea Hare.

Found singly, or in pairs, during the day hiding in crevices and under rocks, foraging for food at night, over mixed rock, sand, and seagrass beds, crawling into tide-pools, of coral and rocky reefs, rich in algae growth. When predators come too close, they will discharge a purple fluid to warn them off.
They feed on green algae.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 0-20m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell.
All opisthobranchs are hermaphrodites.
These beautiful slugs are usually brilliantly coloured and this in itself can act as a deterrent against predators. Some sea slugs secrete acid from stinging cells in their tentacles while others secrete acid from cells in their mantle.
Nudibranchs are slow moving, can swim or be propelled along either by muscular contraction or by millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of a fleshy 'foot', they have a voracious appetite and feed with a rasp like tongue.
Nudibranch lay their eggs in a ribbon effect on the sand, in different colours depending on species. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplysia_argus